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  1. Re:There are a couple reasons. on Bionic Arm Might Go Into Clinical Trials · · Score: 1

    What is powering this car jack????

  2. Re:Recovering Addict on Lego Addictions · · Score: 1

    Ninco, Fly, Carrera? What's your slot car poison?

  3. Re:ancient on Little Green Men · · Score: 1

    Actually I think it was 1999. If you want to read something even older and I think better from Buckley check out 'Thank You for Smoking'.

  4. Re:Ti rings = bad news if injured on The Sexiest Metal · · Score: 1

    Quote from boonerings.com FAQ-
    "Q: What about cutting off a titanium ring in case of an accident?
    A: The very first thing when I started making titanium rings is cut them off of my own finger by different methods. Titanium is about as hard as steel, so things that cut steel such as a hacksaw or Dremel tool can be used. Titanium has a reputation of being stronger than steel. It's not necessarily so. It's the high strength to weight ratio that is the reason it is used in aerospace applications. I've had a customer that did have to get one cut off. They were able to remove it without a problem, and she ordered another titanium ring! "

  5. same as the Xybernaut Poma on Hitachi's Wearable Internet Appliance · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is the same thing that was posted a little while ago. It's being sold in the U.S. by Xybernaut.

  6. Link to previous /. story about this on Next Generation Xybernaut Wearable · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here is a link to a previous /. post on this thing from August. A little more info in the links too.
    Affordable Wearables May Arrive By Christmas

  7. Doesn't e-Donkey on UDP + Math = Fast File Transfers · · Score: 1
    User would go to download a game demo or something, receive pieces from several different places, and knit them together?

    Doesn't e-Donkey grab from all kinds of different sources and then assemble the file?

    By George, I believe it does.

  8. You say quirky, I say quirky on Quirky Engineers Gone the Way of the Dinosaur? · · Score: 2, Funny

    We once had this contract UNIX guy,who insisted on be called Obi-wan, actually I didn't even know his real name. His van would be in the parking lot, even when I got there early, but he would roll out of the back of it about 5 mins after 8 everyday in a cloud of smoke. But it didn't matter because he had mad skillz and could acomplish in a day what it would take the rest of us together a week. So I say, call him Obi-wan, make sure not to take lunch in the back of his van and enjoy the show.

  9. Remote Central Reviews on In Search of the Best Programmable Universal Remote? · · Score: 1

    Give this website a try. Lots of info and reviews on many different remote styles. I bought my 'Crisp Solutions UCommand 515' after checking out the reviews there. They were pretty much right on. The few things they didn't like I think suck too(no hard buttons for one), but over all a nice remote.

  10. sell them! on $1200 Cheap! · · Score: 1

    Hey, I'm going to buy the bundle, if it has some games I want. If this also includes some games I don't have an interest in, I will sell them to the neighbor kids. I save some money buying the bundle and I sell what I don't want. Win, Win!

  11. Re:Removing Internet Explorer on Microsoft to Change OEM Licensing · · Score: 1

    there not removing IE, just it's links on the desktop and in the start menu

  12. Holy Grail Action Figures on Return of The Holy Grail to the Silver Screen · · Score: 1

    Here's a link to the Holy Grail Action Figures sideshowtoy.
    They come as a set and will be shipping in October.

    As stated on Fark 'What, no shrubbery?'.

  13. Re:Advertising? Feh! on Banner Ads: Biggest Advertising Mistake Ever · · Score: 1

    If you are willing to purchase a subscription for each site you visit, than advertising would go away. But until then content providers have to pay for there site somehow.

  14. Axis 2100 Network Camera on Creating A Tiny, Free, Roaming Webcam? · · Score: 1

    ThinkGeek Has a Web Cam with a built in server, meaning you would just need the modem. May need some hacking to make it road worthy but it could be a nice way to simplify things.

  15. Trip to Mir on Mir Likely To Be Deorbited [Updated] · · Score: 2

    Here's the link to sign-up and win your trip to the jolly green sattelite. NBCi Win a trip to Mir.
    Network television leading the way for getting civilians in space.

  16. A trip to Mir on Space Fungus Eating Mir (Really) · · Score: 1

    Here's the link to sign-up to win that trip to the mir Trip to Mir.
    Network television leads the way for civilians into space.

  17. Python on Best Way to Get Kids Started in Programming? · · Score: 1

    I can't say enough about this programming language. It's relativly straight forward, runs on most platforms, and best of all it's free. There are some good python books out as well. But I can't think of a better way to get a newbies feet wet than this. Python. Good luck and happy coding.

  18. Dish Network DishPlayer on CmdrTaco's Week with Tivo · · Score: 1

    I know I will catch some flak for this but there is an alternative, that does have some advantages. Dish Network is selling a sattelite reciever that has the hard drive built into it. This gives it several advantages - no second unit, it records the program uncompresssed as it comes in from the sattelite that's right baby DIGITAL not analog, which means a better picture, and also if the program originally was brodcast with Dolby Digital you will have that. The listings for the service are downloaded from the satteltie each eveing and are for seven days, the TiVo get these over the phone line which is slow and may have to be interupted. It still gives you the ability to pause live TV, record a program once or for the season(which only record the episodes that are on that channel at that time) It also cost less - you get the Dish 500 sattelite dish(dish network has a large number of local networks available), receiver with hard drive, internet with WebTV(BOO!) all for $399. Now for the *GROANS* It does record for only about 12 hours(but remember it's digital), and it has WebTV built in but you do not have to sign-up for the service. I've had mine for about 3 months now and couldn't be happier.